Today, Christmas cards have their own familiar, comforting iconography: Santa Claus, candy canes, snowmen, gingerbread houses, etc. But, back in the 19th century, people were still figuring this stuff ...

The year 1843 was a good one for Christmas. Dickens’s legendary festive tale, A Christmas Carol, was published and the first commercially produced Christmas card was launched. Today, an estimated one ...

The BBC published an article about Victorian Christmas cards yesterday, tracing their history from the strange to the downright disturbing. In some, children languish in boiling teapots. Dead birds ...

Overland Trail Museum closed out its holiday offerings Wednesday with its last History Café of 2022. This month’s program focused on Victorian Christmas traditions. “Victorian Christmas customs are so ...

A number of Victorian sources remark on this schoolboy tradition. Young scholars returning home after a long semester of study would fire peas out of their carriage at innocent passersby. The ...

Christmas past meets the present in a special holiday display at the Clarke Historical Museum, 240 E St. in Eureka. “It’s always fun to set up Christmas decorations. I enjoy doing it,” said Clarke ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a classic tale following the lives, loves and tribulations of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The Good Company Players' latest production "Little ...

Lindsay Middleton has previously received research funding from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC UKRI). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843 – the same year as the ...